Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c14.s2.1

c14.s2.1

Chandragupta Maurya was succeeded in or about the year 300 B.C. by his son Bindusāra Amitraghāta. The name or title *Amitraghāta* (slayer of foes) is a restoration in Sanskrit¹ of the Amitrachates of Athenaios, and Allitrochades of Strabo, who is stated to have been the son of Sandrocottus. Fleet prefers the rendering *Amitrakhāda* or devourer of enemies, which is said to occur as an epithet of Indra.² In the *Rājāvalīkathe* the name of Chandragupta's son and successor is given as Simhasena. From Aśoka's Rock Edict VIII (*e. g.* the Kālsī Text) it appears probable that Bindusāra, as well as other predecessors of Aśoka, used the style *Devānaṃpiya*.